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	<title><![CDATA[Press Secretary Gibbs Attempts to Defend Obama's Opposition to Taxing and Regulating Pot]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-armentano/press-secretary-gibbs-att_b_180846.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>If you thought President Barack Obama's <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-armentano/president-obama-what-is-s_b_179686.html">mocking response</a> to the question of whether "taxing and regulating cannabis would raise revenue and reduce prohibition-associated violence" couldn't be <a href="http://blog.norml.org/2009/03/26/president-obama-what-is-so-funny-about-taxing-and-regulating-marijuana/#comments">any worse</a>, just listen to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7XweXtz6SY">stumble </a>below.</p>

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<p>Kudos to the reporters who held the White House's feet to the fire on this one. First, Gibbs is asked: "When the President said he...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-03-31T14:21:00-04:00</date_published>
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